.NET Core Job Trends in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 322 174
Rank change year-on-year +92 -148 -27
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 782 385 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.86% 0.88% 1.55%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.24% 4.94% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 744 334 1,035
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £109,250 £92,950
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,485 7,796 14,156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.39% 17.92% 18.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,197 5,247 10,969
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET Core job vacancy trend in England

.NET Core
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the England region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +101 202 £55,000 +4.76% 60
North of England +41 171 £55,000 -8.33% 46
East of England +68 117 £60,000 +9.09% 25
Midlands +27 109 £55,000 -8.33% 27
London -98 98 £80,000 - 64
South West -4 82 £52,500 +2.44% 10
North East +6 69 £65,000 +33.33% 10
North West +6 68 £50,000 -16.67% 25
West Midlands +16 65 £55,000 -8.33% 16
East Midlands +9 44 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Yorkshire -18 34 £52,500 -12.50% 12
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.15%) IIS
3 7 (0.90%) CMS
4 6 (0.77%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.51%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.38%) DNN
6 3 (0.38%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.38%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.38%) Kentico
6 3 (0.38%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Magento
1 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 635 (81.20%) Azure
2 209 (26.73%) Azure DevOps
3 150 (19.18%) GitHub
4 136 (17.39%) GitHub Copilot
5 134 (17.14%) Azure AI
6 133 (17.01%) AWS
7 72 (9.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 49 (6.27%) Azure Logic Apps
9 44 (5.63%) Power Platform
10 34 (4.35%) SaaS
11 29 (3.71%) Power Automate
12 28 (3.58%) Azure Service Bus
13 27 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
13 27 (3.45%) PowerApps
14 24 (3.07%) Serverless
15 20 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
15 20 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (2.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 19 (2.43%) OneDrive
17 17 (2.17%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.88%) Internet
2 7 (0.90%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.38%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) Firewall
5 1 (0.13%) HTTP
5 1 (0.13%) Modbus
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
5 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 449 (57.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 373 (47.70%) MongoDB
3 150 (19.18%) Elasticsearch
4 145 (18.54%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.60%) Power BI
6 15 (1.92%) MySQL
6 15 (1.92%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.41%) NonStop SQL
7 11 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (1.28%) Redis
9 7 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.77%) GIS
10 6 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.26%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.13%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 54 (6.91%) Git
2 14 (1.79%) JIRA
3 8 (1.02%) GitLab
4 7 (0.90%) NUnit
5 6 (0.77%) MSI
6 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.51%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.38%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.38%) Postman
8 3 (0.38%) Snyk
8 3 (0.38%) Vite
9 2 (0.26%) Selenium
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.26%) webpack
10 1 (0.13%) JUnit
10 1 (0.13%) MSTest
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 112 (14.32%) Finance
2 70 (8.95%) Social Skills
3 57 (7.29%) Advertising
4 46 (5.88%) Games
5 41 (5.24%) Marketing
6 34 (4.35%) Retail
7 20 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (2.05%) Banking
10 15 (1.92%) Law
11 14 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.66%) Public Sector
13 11 (1.41%) Music Industry
14 9 (1.15%) Automotive
15 8 (1.02%) Legal
16 7 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.64%) Front Office
17 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.51%) Back Office
18 4 (0.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 659 (84.27%) Developer
2 525 (67.14%) .NET Developer
3 101 (12.92%) Senior
4 91 (11.64%) Software Developer
5 65 (8.31%) Senior Developer
6 57 (7.29%) C# Developer
7 53 (6.78%) Lead
8 46 (5.88%) C# .NET Developer
9 39 (4.99%) Full-Stack Developer
9 39 (4.99%) Software Engineer
10 32 (4.09%) Lead Developer
11 26 (3.32%) .NET Software Developer
12 24 (3.07%) Senior Software Developer
13 21 (2.69%) .NET Software Engineer
14 20 (2.56%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 19 (2.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 18 (2.30%) Senior .NET Developer
17 17 (2.17%) C# Software Developer
18 16 (2.05%) Lead .NET Developer
18 16 (2.05%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 782 (100.00%) .NET
2 509 (65.09%) ASP.NET
3 447 (57.16%) ASP.NET Core
4 223 (28.52%) HTML
5 221 (28.26%) CSS
6 214 (27.37%) Entity Framework
7 209 (26.73%) Blazor
8 196 (25.06%) React
9 180 (23.02%) AngularJS
9 180 (23.02%) RESTful
10 175 (22.38%) Vue
11 172 (21.99%) ASP.NET Web API
12 156 (19.95%) Node.js
13 134 (17.14%) .NET Framework
13 134 (17.14%) ML.NET
14 108 (13.81%) LINQ
15 65 (8.31%) REST
16 44 (5.63%) JSON
17 36 (4.60%) WPF
18 23 (2.94%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.25%) Greenfield Project
2 60 (7.67%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (2.56%) Digital TV
4 18 (2.30%) Cloud Native
4 18 (2.30%) Mobile App
5 17 (2.17%) iPhone
6 16 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.66%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.66%) Sports Betting
9 12 (1.53%) Social Network
10 11 (1.41%) BBC
10 11 (1.41%) Hedge funds
10 11 (1.41%) Social Media
11 9 (1.15%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.90%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.90%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.90%) Onboarding
13 6 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (0.77%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.30%) Windows
2 17 (2.17%) Android
3 9 (1.15%) VMS
4 3 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 521 (66.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 406 (51.92%) Agile
3 255 (32.61%) CI/CD
4 250 (31.97%) DevOps
5 205 (26.21%) Microservices
6 162 (20.72%) AI
7 154 (19.69%) Machine Learning
8 145 (18.54%) Multithreading
9 93 (11.89%) Scrum
10 90 (11.51%) Software Engineering
11 82 (10.49%) TDD
12 81 (10.36%) OO
13 68 (8.70%) BDD
14 61 (7.80%) User Experience
15 60 (7.67%) Kanban
16 58 (7.42%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
17 51 (6.52%) SDLC
18 49 (6.27%) MVC
19 48 (6.14%) Business Intelligence
20 46 (5.88%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 737 (94.25%) C#
2 529 (67.65%) SQL
3 249 (31.84%) JavaScript
4 213 (27.24%) TypeScript
5 34 (4.35%) PowerShell
6 21 (2.69%) Python
7 14 (1.79%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.02%) Java
8 8 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (0.77%) Bicep
10 4 (0.51%) Bash
10 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.51%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.26%) PHP
11 2 (0.26%) VBA
12 1 (0.13%) C
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) Delphi
12 1 (0.13%) F#
12 1 (0.13%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 54 (6.91%) Degree
2 23 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (2.05%) Security Cleared
4 14 (1.79%) SC Cleared
5 5 (0.64%) AWS Certification
5 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.26%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.26%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.13%) OCP
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.45%) QA
2 23 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.90%) WCAG
4 6 (0.77%) NCSC
5 3 (0.38%) GDPR
6 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.13%) ITGC
7 1 (0.13%) NIST
7 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 194 (24.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 176 (22.51%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.69%) Terraform
3 3 (0.38%) Ansible
4 1 (0.13%) Grafana
4 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 519 (66.37%) Microsoft
2 53 (6.78%) Facebook
3 45 (5.75%) Google
4 21 (2.69%) YouTube
5 19 (2.43%) Adobe
6 11 (1.41%) Apple
6 11 (1.41%) Sony
6 11 (1.41%) Yahoo!
7 6 (0.77%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.51%) Sitecore
8 4 (0.51%) Workday
9 3 (0.38%) Alterian
9 3 (0.38%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.38%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.38%) Splunk
10 2 (0.26%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.13%) IBM
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle
11 1 (0.13%) Sage
11 1 (0.13%) Salesforce